Cinderella is dead and one of Odin’s hellhounds has gone rogue in The Woodcutter, Kate Danley's noir remaking of the complete works of the Brothers Grimm. You've never read a fairy tale like our Kindle Nation eBook of the Day before.

This went live around 3:00AM (PST). Yesterday, I ranked 44,378 in Amazon Kindle sales. As of this moment? I'm 8,997 in the Kindle Store, as well as:

#40 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Fantasy > Historical

#58 in Books > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Fantasy > Historical

I know in the grand scheme of things, rankings mean about as much as "Student of the Week" on the 2nd grade chalkboard, but still... This book was my baby for a long time. It holds a very special place in my heart. I love the characters that live in its pages. When I published it, it was like sending my first child off to the first day of school. It feels really nice to see the Woodcutter making friends out there on the playground. The internet is an ugly place and I'm sure a bully is going to come along sooner or later to punch him in the nose. But having bandaids made of five star reviews and kind words are a powerful kiss to make any owie go away.

UPDATE at 11:45AM
I just beat out Tolkien in the hourly bestsellers list (HA!). Come on. Induldge me. This is the only hour of my life I will be able to make that claim.

Well, the ride has appeared to come to a close and my rocket like ascent hit its peak and has begun the steady slide back down into the anonymnity of the 600k+ other e-books on Amazon. But as I started moving back down the charts, I think it is lovely and poetic this last screen grab. All is as it should be.